Legal Aid

Ian Lucas: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much has been paid in relation to family law cases by the Legal Services Commission in the last five years in respect of (a) solicitors' profit costs,  (b) barristers' fees and (c) experts' fees.

Vera Baird: The following table shows expenditure on solicitors and barristers. Records are kept only on disbursements generally rather than experts' fees specifically.
	
		
			  £ million 
			   Solicitors  Barristers 
			 2000-01 289.3 81.6 
			 2001-02 306.6 110.9 
			 2002-03 323.2 120.8 
			 2003-04 314.8 110.2 
			 2004-05 332.6 118.1